{"id":728888,"date":"2026-08-06T02:26:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T02:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/728888\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T02:26:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T02:26:16","slug":"essex-woman-dies-after-being-caught-in-spanish-wildfire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/728888\/","title":{"rendered":"Essex woman dies after being caught in Spanish wildfire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A woman has died and her partner remains in a critical condition after the couple were caught in a wildfire while on holiday in Spain. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lisa Fryett and Simon Batchelor from Canvey Island, Essex, were staying near B\u00e9dar, Los Gallardos, Spain, when they were rescued from a mountainside during a wildfire and taken to hospital, their family said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fryett died on 28 July, said a spokesperson for the family, who added: &#8220;Our hearts are completely broken, and there are simply no words to describe the pain we are feeling.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said: &#8220;We are supporting the family of a British woman who has died in Spain and are in contact with the local authorities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The family spokesperson added on a fundraising page: &#8220;Lisa fought so incredibly hard, and we are so grateful that her loved ones were able to be by her side, surrounding her with love until the very end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The love, kindness and generosity we have received have brought us comfort during the most devastating time of our lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A woman has died and her partner remains in a critical condition after the couple were caught in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":728889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-728888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=728888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/728888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/728889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=728888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=728888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=728888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}